In a recent interview, polygraph operator Nick Savastano, who performs for NBC's "Meet My Folks" television program, claims that polygraph "experts" can "catch" polygraph countermeasures. Andrea Shuman interviewed Savastano for a 16 Jan. 2003 Reality News Online article titled "Interview with Meet My Folks' Polygraph Expert Nick Savastano":

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But despite Mr. Savatano's assertion, no polygrapher has ever demonstrated any ability to reliably detect the kinds of countermeasures described in The Lie Behind the Lie Detector. In addition, peer-reviewed research suggests that even experienced polygraphers cannot detect such countermeasures.

Challenge to Nick Savastano: demonstrate your claimed ability to detect countermeasures by accepting Dr. Drew C. Richardson's polygraph countermeasure challenge.

(Mr. Savastano has been notified of this challenge by e-mail to amherst@pe.net.)

I've notified Mr. Savastano of this challenge through the following e-mail message, which I copied to Andrea Shulman and Dr. Richardson:

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Where does Mr. Savastano stand on the issue of getting other people to defend his public statements? Just wondering,

Just for the record, I did some checking with knowledgeable sources.  Mr. Ponticelli MAY have been a member of the faculty of what was the U.S. Army Polygraph School which was at one time located at Fort Gordon, GA; however, according to my sources was NEVER a faculty member of the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute from the time of it's inception at Fort McClellan, AL in 1986. Perhaps to need to ask Mr. P to clarify this statement. It is probably an important issue.

Hey all,
being former military, one of the most prominent parts of my training was training to beat the polygraph.

To date, I have beaten the polygraph 6 times.

Its not hard at all.

So this dude and his thumbs up his butt on meet the parents is a complete dork.

JMO

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Damned funny.  I read and post on here, and I can't get anyone to put me in the box!  As a matter of fact, my association with this site has led the federal law enforcement/intelligence agencies to quickly run and hide when it comes to the polygraph issue.  I would readily sit for six or more tests if those boys over at Parham Road in Richmond, VA ( or any of their other pals with the other agencies ) would get out from under their beds ( where they hide in hopes that I will not see them and call them out ) and step up to the plate when I ask them to polygraph me.

How about you, Propolyman?  You willing to put me in your box?   

I haven't had the great fortune of being able to demonstrate that I can beat a polygraph, but I am game.

Then again, I quit playing with Slinky's because they were junk toys that ended up becoming entangled after about 5 times of use, and we all know that the polygraph doesn't stand up to even that amount of play time.


Seeker

Let's think about this....if man has created it,then man can defeat it.....and the polygraph is no exception.
The impossible is becoming forever possible day by day...
In a few years from now, successfully beating the polygraph will become public knowledge....
How hard is it to forge a bank cheque from the 1950's...pretty easy........why?...because of 2 things....learning and technology.....learning is always a step ahead of technology because it is required to invent new technology in the first place...So.,even if new technology for the polygraph is invented,then man's ability or enthusiasm to defeat it will come first.
Enough philosohy said!
teddi k

Orolan,

You write in part:

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But quackery such as polygraph "testing" can survive for very long periods of time.